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American-Standard

Appoints F.W. Guy

Frederick W. Guy has been named western regional manager, with offices in Los Angeles, Calif., for the general sales force of the

American-Standard Heat Transfer

Division and WABCO Fluid Pow- er Division. The announcement was made by Ronald L. Gaylord, field sales manager of the general sales force.

Mr. Guy has served as district sales manager of the Los Angeles office of the WABCO Fluid Pow- er Division since 1969. He was previously with Dresser Industries,

Valve & Instrument Division, and

Miller Fluid Power. He attended

Rutland Junior College, Rutland,

Vt.

The Heat Transfer Division and

WABCO Fluid Power Division are members of the American-

Standard Power and Controls

Group, headquartered in Dearborn,

Mich.

Avondale Lays Keel For Second Of Three

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KEEL LAID SEPT. 12,1973

AVONOALE SHIPYARDS INC

Taking part in the keel-laying ceremonies at Avondale for the S/S Green Harbour, are (from left) Avondale president Edwin Hartzman; Harold S. Grehan Jr., senior vice presi- dent of Central Gulf; C.V. Wolff, general manager of Central Gulf's Marine Division, and R.E. Dassey, assistant general manager of Central Gulf's Marine Division.

A $100-million U.S.-flag fleet ex- pansion program for Central Gulf

Lines, Inc. moved nearer to com- pletion last month with the keel- laying of the S/S Green Harbour, second of three giant LASH ves- sels being built as part of the ex- pansion program.

The keel of the 893-foot-long

Green Harbour was laid at Avon- dale Shipyards, New Orleans, La., which is building the three LASH ocean carriers for Central Gulf. The three vessels will be delivered at 75-day intervals, beginning Aug- ust 1974.

Central Gulf's expansion pro- gram also includes a group of 440

LAlSH barges that are under con- struction at Union Tank Car Com- pany's East Chicago, Ind., plant.

The barges are scheduled for com- pletion in 1974.

Central Gulf, which now oper- ates the world's first two LASH vessels in a fortnightly service be- tween U.S. Gulf ports, the United

Kingdom and Continental Europe, plans to operate the Green Har- bour and sister ships Green Valley and Green Island between U.S.

Gulf and East Coast ports and the

Middle East, Indian subcontinent,

Southeast Asia and the Far East.

Designed by the naval architec- tural firm of Friede & Goldman,

Inc., the new Central Gulf LASH vessels have an overall length of 893 feet, beam of 100 feet, molded depth of 60 feet at the side, shaft horsepower of 32,000, speed of 22 knots and a deadweight of 40,400 tons at 38 feet. Each of the new ships is designed to carry 89 LASH barges.

Central Gulf, an affiliate of Trans

Union Corporation, maintains headquarters in New Orleans, with principal offices in New York, N.Y.,

Houston, Texas, and Memphis,

Tenn., and a network of agency affiliates in major United States and world ports.

BP SIGN WITH HAVEN FOR PLANNED MAINTENANCE AT SEA: BP Tanker Co.

Ltd. and Haven Automation Ltd. have signed a maintenance agreement whereby the instrumentation on a large range of crude oil and product carriers will have an increased operational availability. The new agreement will ensure that specified planned mainte- nance programs are kept up to date, and instead of confining overhauls to drydock calls and emergency visits, Haven's specialists in this field will regularly visit the ships and sail with them as the occasion demands. This mobility of maintenance effort will mean shorter intervals between maintenance periods, which should lead to a higher level of instrument and control equipment availability. The new maintenance contract is signed by G.A.B. King, assistant general manager-operations for BP Tanker. Facing the camera from left to right are M.T. Usher of BP engineering department; Mr. King; B.G. Smith, director and general manager of Haven; M.R.L. Hayes, chairman of Haven; F.T. James, financial director of Haven, and E.F. Chambers, operations manager of "C" Fleet,

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